About the Creation Museum

mv-November 9th, 2007 editorial

WHILE the Department of the Interior has tried to bring these islands to the attention of potential and legitimate business interests, the administration has managed to drag in questionable medical schools while considering marijuana legalization and, now, a Creation Museum…as a “destination attraction.”
Though predominantly Roman Catholic, this community practices religious tolerance, to its credit. If the project backers are credible and the concept is sound, then it is development that the CNMI can use right now. However, this proposed museum requires closer scrutiny than other pending projects have received — particularly its effect on children that our schools are trying to teach science, not quackery.
Public land leases for development, in any case, should go to developers with a good reputation, experience, sound financial backing and a commitment to follow through with all its permit terms — and not just to those who are on good terms with whoever the governor is